Offbeat | US man delivers 1 pizza and gets USD2,084 tip

Now that’s a special delivery! A group of real estate agents meeting in Ann Arbor, Michigan, surprised a man by giving him a USD2,084 tip for delivering one pizza Thursday. The

Offbeat | ‘Birdman,’ ‘Budapest’ top Oscar nominations with 9 nods each

Two extravagant comedies, “Birdman” and “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” tied for the most Oscar nominations yesterday with nine nods each, including best picture. They were joined in best-picture nominations by “Boyhood,”

Offbeat | Huckabee blasts Obama for letting daughters listen to Beyoncé

Former Arkansas Gov. and possible presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has accused President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, of double standards in parenting, saying in an interview published Tuesday that

Offbeat | US: Black lab likes to take solo bus ride to her dog park stop

KOMO-TV reports that local radio host Miles Montgomery was amazed to see the pooch get off the bus, without an owner, at a dog park last week. The dog and her

Offbeat | SpaceX supply ship arrives at space station with groceries

A shipment of much-needed groceries and belated Christmas presents has finally arrived at the International Space Station. The SpaceX company’s supply ship, Dragon, pulled up at the orbiting lab yesterday, two

Offbeat | Bucharest metro officials vow to fight ‘no pants’ stunt

Romanian subway officials have gotten their knickers in a twist over a planned stunt in which people will ride the Bucharest subway without their pants. Briefed about plans, the Metrorex subway

Offbeat | Discarded Christmas trees a vitamin-filled treat for goats

Christmas trees can be enjoyed long after they are discarded by a family. They’re a great source of vitamin C — for goats. A farm in the northeastern state of Maine

Offbeat | Mardi Gras countdown starts amid huge, bright parade floats

“Everybody knows that this is what we live for,” Landrieu said during the event at Mardi Gras World, where many of the floats used in the yearly Carnival season processions

Offbeat | Escaped emu turns motorists’ heads running on Israel roadway

In the central Israeli town of Herzliya near Tel Aviv, an escaped emu ran through traffic Sunday on a main road between cars in the rain. Local authorities say the

Offbeat | At med school, ‘Seinfeld’ about more than nothing

“Seinfeld” may have been a show about nothing, but a psychiatry professor is using it for much more than that. Medical students at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New

Offbeat | Monkey gives first aid to electrocuted friend

Onlookers at a train station in northern India watched in awe as a monkey came to the rescue of an injured friend — resuscitating another monkey that had been electrocuted

Offbeat | German police hunt stolen pigeon worth USD184,000

Police in Germany are looking for a missing pigeon, and any finder could be in line for a 10,000-euro (USD12,250) reward. Duesseldorf police said last week that the 6-year-old male homing

Offbeat | Guitarist doesn’t miss day of Vegas Cirque work

It’s easy to miss Bruce Rickerd during the “Mystere” show at the Treasure Island casino especially when there’s a man balancing upside-down on the foot of another, or a giant

Offbeat | Berlin exhibition evokes final months of WWII

The scene captures the mood most Germans felt during the final months of World War II. Few believed the claim by Adolf Hitler and his loyal followers that Germany could

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